Biota

I read an article about some scientists in the U.K. who had discovered an insect that evolved a mechanical gear. This gear enabled it to jump fantastically fast. A person would be destroyed if catapulted at the same velocity. My imagination started a slow jog and then it flew.

I worked for months with this bug happily perched on a branch in my mind. Many of the paintings reference insects with both industrial and botanical elements, while others are simply an abstract depiction of the ‘jet wash’ I imagine these bugs left in their wake.